Recently I talked about a small town’s squad of police being seriously cut back. Now, it is time for East St. Louis to do the same.
Here’s the story from stltoday.com:
>>Layoffs to gut East St. Louis police force
BY NICHOLAS J.C. PISTOR
EAST ST. LOUIS • The Rev. Joseph Tracy said he’s tired of going to funerals. And now, he suspects he’ll be going to more of them.
“It’s open field day now,” said Tracy, the pastor of Straightway Baptist Church here. “The criminals are going to run wild.”